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There’s a primer in the independant on Novell pushing linux adoption. They also mention Novell trying to balance between opensource, freely downloadable content and providing business level support.    Send article as PDF   

This is a quick link to a downloadable cd of open source software for windows. There is a sizable list of programs. It appears as though some are not open source, but are free. If you have a fast enough connection to download it, you might find it very useful. If not, you might    […]

This is going to be uncategorized because it’s out of nowhere. You know, I’ve wondered many times “who actually bites” for the things advertised in junk mail. You know someone has to. About a year ago I read an article on someone that bit at a lot of the “great offers” he got in his […]

Open source denotes that the origins of a product are publicly accessible in part or in whole. See Open source (disambiguation) for related topics and other meanings.    Send article as PDF   

Slashdot is running a thread asking for questions for an interview with the head of Microsoft’s linux lab, Bill Hilf. The 10-12 highest moderated questions will be asked in the interview which will be posted Monday.    Send article as PDF   

Most people use Internet Explorer for windows and why not? It’s preinstalled on every Windows PC. Well, there are a number of reasons to consider using another product.    Send article as PDF   

I don’t know how I ran across this link, but it’s interesting and has a GREAT photo. The picture is supposedly of an Ice Lake on Mars Beautiful coloration, I’m not sure if it’s false color or what. Obviously this has little to do with computers other than how the image was captured and transmitted, […]

I can’t help but be a bit amused, but there is one (maybe 2?) business that’s not. According to this article a small company called Vista sells business software and services. They’re looking into their options regarding their name with regards to Microsoft, who has decided to name their next OS release “Vista”.    Send […]